Fishing-reel.



` Patented lune 24, |902.` L. ATWOUD. v FISHING REEL.

man filed July 1u, 1901.,

(Applic (N0 Model.)

aff/7W UNITED STATES PATENT Carien.

LEONARD AIWVOOD, OF PHILADELPHIA, PENNSYLVANIA.r

FISHING-REEL.

SPECIFICATION forming part ofv Letters Patent No. 703,223, dated Ju11e24, 1902. i

Application filed July 16,1901. Serial No. 68.518. V(No model.)

citizen of the United States, residing in Phila` delphia, Pennsylvania, have invented certain Improvements in Fishing-Reels, of which the following is a specification.

The object of myinvention is to so construct a fishing-reel that the line will be entirely under the control of the fisherman at all times, and the tension on the line can be regulated according to the size and character of the fish.

In the accompanying drawings7 Figure l is a side view of my improved reel. Fig. 2 is a sectional view on the line 2 2, Fig. l. Fig. 3 is an end view. Fig. a is a section on the line 1L 1, Fig. 2; and Fig. 5 is a section on the line 5 5, 2.

The case of the reel is made in two sections A A. The section A is the base and is secured to the rod in any suitable manner and in the present instance has a block A2, which is shaped to lit the rod, as shown in Fig. 2. The section A is pivoted to the section A at a, and on the section A is a cross-bar a', and on the section A is a cross-bar a2. Headed screws 7L pass freely through openings in the bar a' and into threaded openings in the bar These screws limit the movementi" the section A on its pivot.

B is the spool of the reel, having trunnions ZJ b', mounted in the bearing C, made in rtwo parts c c', one part of vthe bearing being carried by the base-section A of the case and the other by the clamp-section A of the case. The trunnion b extends through the bearing and is provided with the ordinaryhandle E,

having a counterbalance-weight e. This handle is held in place on the trunnion by a screw e.

The flanges of the/spool B fit snugly within the casing, as illustrated in Fig. 2, and the spool is recessed at b2 and ha. Within the recess h2 is a ratcl1et-wheel F, secured to the spool in any suitable manner, and pivoted to the casin g is a pawl j". The point of this pawl fits between the teethof the ratchet-Wheel and is held in position by a spring j", which keeps sufiicienttension on the pawl that the spool cannot be turned in either direction Without an ei'lort.

It will-be noticed that the ratchet-teeth are so shaped that the pawl will act in either direction. This is a common form of friction device fora fishing-reel, and thespring-pawl Amechanism may be modified as desired.

Secured to the movable section A of the casing is a brake-ring D, which rests in a recess b3 of the spool, and this ring will be forced in contact with the surface b4 of the spool when pressure is applied to the movable section A,so that by regulating the pressure more or less frictionean beappliedf to the spool.

The ring is secured to the section A of the case by screws (l or any other suitable fastening.

be applied lto reels in which the handle is i geared to the trunnion of the spool and can also be applied to spring-reels, if desired. It will be seen, therefore, bymy invention that the line is completely under the control of the fisherman, that the line when the shis hooked can be allowed to run under the ordinary ratchet friction mechanism, and when it is necessary to place more tension upon the lineA the fisherman simply places his thumb in the vthumb-rest t' and by drawing the two` parts of the case together forces the friction Y brake-ring upon the spool, and when necessary this brake-ring may be immediately released and the line either allowed to run or by operating thehandle the slaclr'on the line can be taken up by turning the handle in the ordinary manner.

I claim as my inventions; v y l. The combination in a ishingreel, of Ia casing made in two parts hinged together, a

spool carried by said casingymeans for tur-n ing said spooha frictio'nbralre for governing the rate of turning of the spool,` one partbf said casing being constructed to act as one of the members of said brake, substantially as y described.

On the bar a2 of the movable portion A" of -trunnions mounted in the bearingssaid spool having a recess in one side, a friction brakering secured tothe movable portion ofthe casing and mounted in the recess in the spool,

so that on drawing the movable part of the casing to the fixed part the brake-ring will come into frictional contact with the spool, substantiallyas described. Y

4. The combination in a reel, of a casing made in two parts, one pivoted tothe other, a thumb-rest on one part by which -the movable part can be drawn to the fixed part, bearnions inonntedin the bearings, the said spool being recessed at each side, a ratchet-wheel on the spool, a spring-pawl engaging said ratchet-Wheeha brake-ring Within the recess on the upper sideof the spool, said brake-ring being secured tothe movable portion of the,

casing, substantially as described. y

In testimony whereof I` havev signed my name to this specicationin the presence of two subscribing Witnesses.

Witnesses:

WILL. A. BARR, J os. H. KLEIN. f

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